Tag: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

In our last article we discussed Ban the Box/Fair Chance to Work laws. To review, these various laws may dictate when in the process you may ask about criminal activity or request us to search for criminal records. Also, some jurisdictions require you to make a conditional job offer before obtaining a criminal record. Some […]

It can be a rough rode to employment for anyone with a blemish on their criminal record. In the United States, that’s at least sixty-five million people! The vast majority of employers include a criminal background check in their hiring process (at least 92% according to one survey), which puts a lot of job seekers […]

We’re all familiar with the importance of employee screening in the interview process, but industry leaders, including Attorney Lester Rosen, predict that continuous employee screening will gain popularity in the coming year. What is Continuous Screening? Continuous employee screening is the practice of conducting post-hire background checks periodically on employees as a risk-management tool, in […]

On Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued what is called the “Enforcement Guidance,” which is the Commissions first official direction on the matter of utilizing criminal records as related to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. As mentioned in our previous blog post, fundamentally, nothing has changed […]